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TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) is the largest ongoing undertaking of IEA, an international cooperative of national research institutions and government agencies that has been conducting studies of cross-national achievement since 1959. With a Secretariat in Amsterdam, a large Data Processing and Research Center in Hamburg, and more than 60 member countries, IEA is headed by Executive Director Hans Wagemaker.

It takes extreme dedication on the part of many individuals around the world to make TIMSS a success. TIMSS is a truly global, cooperative enterprise made possible by the work of individuals around the world on overall project tasks and within each of the participating countries.

The TIMSS & PIRLS International study Center at Boston College, led by Executive Directors Ina V.S. Mullis and Michael O. Martin, is responsible for the direction and management of TIMSS, together with PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study). To carry out these two ambitious international studies, the TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center works closely with the IEA Secretariat in Amsterdam and the IEA Data Processing and Research Center in Hamburg. Also, Statistics Canada is responsible for school and sampling activities and Educational Testing Service in Princeton, New Jersey provides guidance on psychometric methodology. In particular, a great deal of the credit for TIMSS is due the National Research Coordinators designated by the participating countries to be responsible for the complex tasks involved in implementing the studies in their countries.

With each new assessment cycle of a study, one of the most important tasks is to update the assessment frameworks. Updating the TIMSS assessment frameworks for 2015 began in September of 2012, and has involved extensive input and reviews by individuals at the TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center, the IEA, the TIMSS 2015 National Research Coordinators, and the two TIMSS expert committees: the TIMSS 2015 Science and Mathematics Item Review Committee, and the TIMSS 2015 Questionnaire Item Review Committee. Of all the individuals around the world that it takes to make TIMSS a success, the intention here is to specifically acknowledge some of those persons who had particular responsibility and involvement in developing and producing the TIMSS 2015 Assessment Frameworks.

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TIMSS 2015 Framework Development at the TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center at Boston CollegeIna V.S. Mullis, Executive Director, TIMSS & PIRLSMichael O. Martin, Executive Director, TIMSS & PIRLSPierre Foy, Director of Sampling, Psychometrics, and Data AnalysisAlka Arora, Assistant Research Director−TIMSS MathematicsVictoria Centurino, TIMSS Science CoordinatorMartin Hooper, Senior Research Specialist, Technical Reporting Kerry Cotter, TIMSS Research Associate

TIMSS 2015 Assessment Development ConsultantsTIMSS 2015 owes a debt of gratitude to the Chief Mathematics and Chief Science Consultants as well as the two members of the TIMSS 2015 Science and Mathematics Item Review Committee (SMIRC) who worked with the TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center Staff to draft updated mathematics and science frameworks for subsequent reviews by SMIRC and the TIMSS 2015 National Research Coordinators.

Liv Sissel Grønmo, Chief Mathematics ConsultantLee Jones, Chief Science ConsultantMary Lindquist, TIMSS 2015 Science and Mathematics Item Review CommitteeGerald Wheeler, TIMSS 2015 Science and Mathematics Item Review Committee

TIMSS 2015 Science and Mathematics Item Review CommitteeThe Science and Mathematics Item Review Committee (SMIRC), comprised of internationally recognized mathematics and science experts, reviewed and recommended updates for the TIMSS 2015 Mathematics and Science Frameworks. The SMIRC also reviews the TIMSS 2015 items at key points in the development process.

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Mathematics

Kiril BankovUniversity of SofiaBulgaria

Sean CloseEducational Research CentreSt. Patrick’s CollegeIreland

Khattab Mohammad Ahmad AbulibdehNational Center for HumanResources DevelopmentJordan

Sun Sook Noh College of EducationEwha Womans UniversityKorea

Torgeir OnstadDepartment of Teacher Education and SchoolUniversity of Oslo, ILSNorway

Mary LindquistUnited States

Science

Jouni ViiriUniversity of JyvaskylaFinland

Alice WongUniversity of Hong KongHong Kong SAR

Berenice MichelsNational Institute for Curriculum DevelopmentThe Netherlands

Gabriela NoveanuInstitute for Educational SciencesRomania

Galina KovalevaRussian Academy of EducationRussian Federation

Vitaly Gribov Moscow Lomonosov State UniversityRussian Federation

Wolfgang DietrichNational Agency for EducationSweden

Christopher Lazarro The College BoardUnited States

Gerald WheelerNational Science Teachers’ AssociationUnited States

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Sue ThomsonAustralian Council forEducational ResearchAustralia

Josef BaslCzech School Inspectorate Czech Republic

Wilfried BosUniversity of DortmundGermany

Martina MeelissenUniversity of TwenteThe Netherlands

Chew Leng PoonMinistry of EducationSingapore

Oliver Neuschmidt IEA Data Processing and Research Center

Peter NyströmUmea UniversitySweden

Stephen ProvasnikNational Center for Education StatisticsUnited States

TIMSS 2015 Questionnaire Item Review CommitteeThe TIMSS 2015 Questionnaire Item Review Committee (QIRC) is comprised of TIMSS 2015 National Research Coordinators who have special responsibility for providing guidance in updating the TIMSS 2015 Contextual Framework and the TIMSS 2015 Context Questionnaires.

ArmeniaArsen BaghdasaryanYerevan State University

AustraliaSue ThomsonAustralian Council for Educational Research

AustriaBirgit SuchanBundesinstitut fuerBildungsforchung, Innovationund Entwicklung desOesterreichischen Schulwesens(BIFIE)

AzerbaijanEmin MaharramovDepartment of Monitoring and Assessment Ministry of Education

TIMSS 2015 National Research CoordinatorsThe TIMSS 2015 National Research Coordinators (NRCs) are responsible for implementing the study in their countries, and participated in a series of reviews of the updated frameworks.

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BahrainHuda Al-AwadiCounsellor for Research &Studies-Minister OfficeMinistry of Education

Belgium (Flemish)Isabelle ErauwMinistère Flamand de l’Enseignement et da la Formation

BotswanaMonamodi KesamangBotswana Examinations Council

BulgariaMarina Vasileva MavrodievaCenter for Control andAssessment of the Quality inEducation

CanadaPierre BrochuCouncil of Ministers of Education

ChileDaniel Enrique Rodriguez MoralesMinisterio de Educacion

Chinese TaipeiChun-Yen ChangChe-Di John LeeNational Taiwan Normal University

CroatiaJasminka Buljan Culej National Centre for External Evaluation of Education

CyprusYiasemina Karagiorgi

Center of Educational Research and Evaluation Pedagogical Institute

Czech RepublicVladislav TomášekInstitute for Information onEducation

DenmarkPeter AllerupThe Danish University ofEducation

EgyptKhaled AlsiedNational Center of Examinations and Educational Evaluation

EnglandAdrian HigginbothamMinistry of Education

FinlandJouni VettenrataFinnish Institute for Educational ResearchUniversity of Jyvaskyla

FranceMarc ColmantMinistere de l’Education Nationale

GeorgiaMamuka Jibladze David GabelaiaNational Examinations Center

GermanyWilfried BosHeike WendtCenter for School DevelopmentResearch

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University of Dortmund

Hong Kong SARFrederick LeungAlice WongFaculty of EducationThe University of Hong Kong

HungaryIldikó SzepesiEducational AuthorityDepartment of Assessment andEvaluation

Iran, Islamic Republic ofAbdol’azim KarimiMinistry of EducationInstitute for Educational Research

IrelandAiden Clerkin Educational Research CentreSt. Patrick’s College

IsraelInbal Ron-KaplanHadas GelbartNational Authority for Measurement and Evaluation in Education (RAMA)Ministry of Education

ItalyElisa CaponeraIstituto Nazionale per laValutazione del SistemaEducativo di Istruzione e diFormazione (INVALSI)

JapanFumi Ginshima

Kenji Matsubara National Institute for Educational Policy Research (NIER)

JordanKhattab Mohammad Ahmad AbulibdehNational Center for Human Resources Development

KazakhstanGulmira Berdibayeva The National Centre for Assessment of the Quality of Education

Korea, Republic ofSoojin Kim Korea Institute of Curriculum & Evaluation

KuwaitAalla’a Al ShaheenNational Centre for Education Development

LebanonLeila Maliha FayadEducational Center for Research & DevelopmentMinistry of Education

LibyaSuleiman Mahmoud KhojaMinistry for Higher Education

LithuaniaOlga KostinaNational Examinations CentreMinistry of Education and Science

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MalaysiaFaridah Abu HassanMuhammad Zaini Mohd ZainEducational Planning & Research DivisionMinistry of Education

MaltaFrancis Fabri Ministry of Education

The NetherlandsMartina MeelissenMarjolein DrentUniversity of Twente

New ZealandRobyn Caygill Ministry of EducationComparative Education Research Unit

NorwayOle Kristian Bergem University of Oslo

OmanZuwaina Saleh Al-maskariMinistry of Education

Palestinian National AuthorityMohammed O. Matar MustafaMinistry of Education and HigherEducation, Assessment andEvaluation Center

PolandJoanna KaźmierczakEducational Research Institute

PortugalAna FerreiraMinistry of Education and Science

QatarAbdulsattar Mohammed NagiStudent Assessment Office

RomaniaGabriela NoveanuInstitute for Educational Sciences

Russian FederationGalina KovalevaRussian Academy of Education

Saudi ArabiaSaleh AlshayaMinistry of Education

SerbiaSlobodanka Gasic PavisicInstitute for Educational Research

SingaporePoon Chew LengNG Hui LengMinistry of Education

Slovak RepublicAndrea GaládovaNational Institute for Certified Educational Measurements

SloveniaBarbara Japelj PavešićEducational Research Institute

South AfricaVijay ReddyHuman Sciences Research Council (HSRC)

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SpainDavid Cervera OlivaresNational Institute of Educational EvaluationMinistry of Education, Culture and Sports

SwedenMaria AxelssonSkolverket

ThailandPrecharn DechsriPraweena TiraThe Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology

TunisiaKameleddine GahaNational Centre for Pedagogical Innovation and Research in Education

TurkeyNurcan Ateşok DeviciGeneral Directorate of Innovation and Educational Technologies

United Arab EmiratesNada Abu Baker Husain RubanMinistry of Education

United StatesStephen ProvasnikNational Center for Education Statistics

YemenAbdo Ghaleb Al-OdainiMinistry of Education Educational Research & Development Centre

Benchmarking Participants

Alberta, CanadaPing YangAlberta Education Learner Assessment Branch

Abu Dhabi, UAE Shaikha Ali Al ZaabiAbu Dhabi Education Council Assessment

Buenos Aires, Argentina Silvia MontoyaGeneral Director of Educational Assessment and Accountability

Dubai, UAE Mariam Al AliKnowledge & Human Development AuthorityGovernment of Dubai

Ontario, CanadaMichael KozlowEducation Quality and Accountability Office

Quebec, CanadaJoanne LatourelleCoordonnatrice aux etudes pancanadiennes et internationationales Sanction des etudesMinistere de l’Education, du Loisir et du Sport